Actor of The Week: Zach Galifianakis

Zachary Knight Galifianakis (/ ˌɡælɪfəˈnækɪs /; lahir 1 Oktober 1969) adalah seorang aktor, komedian, dan penulis Amerika yang menjadi terkenal dengan acara Comedy Central Presents-nya pada tahun 2001 dan mempresentasikan acaranya sendiri berjudul Late World with Zach pada VH1 tahun berikutnya. Dia juga membintangi film, seperti trilogi Hangover (2009-2013), Due Date (2010), The Campaign (2012), Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), Masterminds (2016) dan The Lego Batman Movie (2017).

Galifianakis adalah pembawa acara acara talk show Emmy Award antara Dua Ferns dengan Zach Galifianakis di situs web Funny or Die. Dia saat ini membintangi Seri FX Baskets.

Galifianakis lahir di Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Ibunya, Mary Frances (née Cashion), adalah pemilik pusat seni komunitas, dan ayahnya, Harry, seorang penjual minyak pemanas. Ibunya adalah leluhur Skotlandia, dan kakek-nenek dari pihak ayah, Mike Galifianakis dan Sophia Kastrinakis, adalah emigran dari Kreta, Yunani. Galifianakis dibaptis di gereja Ortodoks Yunani ayahnya. Dia memiliki seorang adik perempuan, Merritt, dan seorang kakak laki-laki, Greg. Sepupunya adalah kartunis Washington Post, Nick Galifianakis. Pamannya, seorang politikus, juga bernama Nick Galifianakis. Galifianakis bersekolah di Sekolah Tinggi Wilkes Tengah, dan kemudian menghadiri tetapi tidak lulus dari North Carolina State University, di mana ia memilih jurusan komunikasi. Saat di perguruan tinggi, ia bekerja di stasiun akses publik. Dia mengajar kelas waltz pada tahun 1991.

Pada bulan Agustus 2012, Galifianakis menikahi Quinn Lundberg. Lundberg melahirkan anak pertama mereka, bocah lelaki, dan Galifianakis melewatkan premier filmnya Are You Here untuk menghadiri kelahiran. Dia dan istrinya menyambut putra kedua pada bulan November 2016. 

Sepupu Lundberg, Charlie Clark, adalah walikota Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Pada hari pemilihan, Galifianakis membuat video yang mendukung kampanye Clark. 

Galifianakis memiliki sebuah peternakan di Sparta di timur laut Alleghany County, North Carolina, dan membagi waktunya antara pertanian dan pekerjaannya. Dia berkata, "Pertanian saya adalah tempat dimana saya bisa berpikir jernih dan pura-pura tahu apa yang saya lakukan." 

Galifianakis berteman dengan seorang wanita tunawisma berusia 80-an yang tinggal di pencuci mulut Santa Monica selama 18 tahun. Galifianakis membelikannya sebuah apartemen di seberang jalan dari binatu. Kisah itu terungkap dalam film dokumenter Queen Mimi 2015.

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Flushed	Pathetic guy
2001	Heartbreakers	Bill
2001	Bubble Boy	Bus stop man
2001	Corky Romano	Dexter
2001	Out Cold	Luke
2002	Below	Weird Wally
2002	Stella shorts	Santa	Short film
2005	The Comedians of Comedy	Himself	Stand-up tour documentary
2005	Zach Galifianakis: Look Who It Isn't	Himself	Self-released stand-up DVD
2006	Zach Galifianakis Live at the Purple Onion	Himself	Stand-up special
2007	The Comedians of Comedy: Live at The Troubadour	Himself	Stand-up tour concert video
2007	Into the Wild	Kevin Wallis
2008	What Happens in Vegas	Dave the bear
2008	Visioneers	George
2009	The Ballad of G.I. Joe	Snow Job	Short film
2009	Gigantic	Homeless guy
2009	The Hangover	Alan Garner
2009	G-Force	Ben Kendell	Also in the video game
2009	Up in the Air	Steve Sewa
2009	Operation: Endgame	Hermit
2009	Little Fish, Strange Pond	Bucky
2009	Youth in Revolt	Jerry
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Therman Murch
2010	It's Kind of a Funny Story	Bobby
2010	Due Date	Ethan Tremblay / Ethan Chase
2011	The Hangover Part II	Alan Garner
2011	Puss in Boots	Humpty Dumpty (voice)
2011	The Muppets	Hobo Joe
2012	Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie	Jim Joe Kelly
2012	The Campaign	Marty Huggins	Also producer
2013	The Hangover Part III	Alan Garner
2014	Are You Here	Ben Baker
2014	Muppets Most Wanted	Hobo Joe	Cameo
2014	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	Jake
2016	Masterminds	David Ghantt
2016	Keeping Up with the Joneses	Jeff Gaffney
2017	The Lego Batman Movie	The Joker (voice)
2017	Tulip Fever	Gerrit
2018	A Wrinkle in Time	The Happy Medium
2019	Missing Link	Mr. Link (voice)	In production
2019	The Sunlit Night		Post-production

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996–1997	Boston Common	Bobby	5 episodes
1997	Apartment 2F	Zach	5 episodes
2002	Late World with Zach	Himself - Host	36 episodes
2002	Next!	Various characters	Pilot, also writer
2003–2005	Tru Calling	Davis	27 episodes
2005–2007	Reno 911!	Frisbee	4 episodes
2006	Dog Bites Man	Alan Finger	9 episodes; also writer and producer
2006	Tom Goes to the Mayor	Dr. Vickerson (voice)	2 episodes
2006	Wonder Showzen	Uncle Daddy (voice)	Episode: "Horse Apples"
2007	The Sarah Silverman Program	Fred Blorth	Episode: "Humanitarian of the Year"
2007–2010	Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!	Tairy Greene / Various characters	7 episodes
2008–present	Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis	Host	22 episodes
2009–2010	American Dad!	Heavyset man / Norman / Juror (voices)	2 episodes
2009–2011	Bored to Death	Ray	24 episodes
2010	Funny or Die Presents	Cast (Just 3 Boyz)	Episode #1.10
2010–2013	Saturday Night Live	Himself (host)	3 episodes
2012–2017	Bob's Burgers	Chet / Felix (voices)	11 episodes
2012–2016	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself / Santa Claus	5 episodes
2013	Kroll Show	Various characters	Episode: "The Greatest Hits of It"
2013	The Chris Gethard Show	Himself	Episode: "Who Wants a Haircut"
2013–2014	Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories	Zach	2 episodes
2013–2014	Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!	Himself	12 episodes
2013	Arcade Fire in Here Comes The Night Time	Captain Zach	Television special
2014	The Simpsons	Lucas Bortner (voice)	Episode: "Luca$"
2014	TripTank	Jack the Janitor (voice)	Episode: "Crossing the Line"
2016–present	Baskets	Chip Baskets / Dale Baskets	30 episodes; also co-creator, writer and executive producer
2016	Bajillion Dollar Propertie$	The Bloodhound	Episode: "Victoria Awakens"